Horseshoe.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

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APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 6, 1903.

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Patented June 2S, 1903.

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PATENT NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORS'ESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 731,616, dated June 23,1903.

Application fil-ed February 6, 1903. Serial No. 142,133. (No model.)

Beit knownthat I, JOHNREGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of NewYork city, borough of Brooklyn, State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the foll lowing is a specification.

l My inventionrelates to improvements in the class of horseshoes that are provided with drawings, forming cushions or pads, and has for its object to permit the shoe to be tted to a horses foot either when hot or cold without interference by the pad or cushion; and the invention comprises thenovel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter ser forth and then pointed out in the claims'.

\ Reference is to be had to the accompanying part hereof, wherein--` Figure 1 is a face View of a horseshoe embodying my invention, part being broken away, looking at `the tread side thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the pad or cushion removed from the shoe. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 inFig. l looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. Ltis an edge view of Fig. 2 looking from below; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows, the pad or cushion being removed.

; l vided with a rib on its tread side substantially following the outline of the shoe, and at 5 the shoe is provided with a flange extending inwardly, providing between parts 4 and 5 a recess 6, facing the tread side of theshoe, extending around within the loop of the shoe, the recess 6 thus being open on the inner side.` At the heel ot' the shoe the recess 6 is closed by metal walls 7, forming pockets at 7?. (See Fig. l.)

The cushion or pad for theshoe is indicated generally at 8 and has a rubber or analogous iiexible pad 9, suitably shaped to it l within the recess 6 and to abut against the flanges 4 and 5, and preferably made to eX- tend beyond the tread-surface of the flange 4, as indicated in Fig, 3. The pad 9 is secured to a retainer lO, of leather or other suitable material, substantially of the outline of the horseshoe and which extends outwardly beyond the pad 9, so as to lie against the upper surface of the shoe, whereby to be located between the shoe and the hoof of the horse when used. (See Fig. The pad 9 and retainer l0 may be secured together by suitable cement or in other desirable manner, and in order to make a strong connection between the pad and the retainer I have shown the pad as provided with a Harige 9', resting against the outer or upper surfacecf iiange 5 of the horseshoe and having a shoulder at 9b to receive the edge of iiange 5, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) the pad thus being provided witha recess along its innerI face that receives the flange 5. The nails to hold the shoe upon the hoof pass from the holes 3 through the retainer lO, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and thus the retainer lOis `shoe and the nails, and the retainer l0 firmly and strain upon the pad tending to detach integral flange 9a and the shoulder 9b.

By making the pad 9 of rubber or analogous material and the retainer l0 of leather or the like a cushion is provided having wellknown advantages, and relatively soft material is interposed between the hoof and the shoe. Furthermore, the pad 9 and its retainer l0 are lieXible to a suiicient extent to enable the same to be readily applied to the shoe. To apply the cushion to the shoe, the rear ends of the former canbe pressed toward each other, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the cushion can then be inserted in the space or loop between the sides of the shoe,

upper surface of the shoe, and the pad 9 can slide edgewise into the recess 6, and when adjusted to position the cushion will expand outwardly, and the rear en ds of the pad 9 can be pushed into the pockets at 7, as indicated in Fig. 1, the rear end walls 7 keeping the bound to the hoof and held in place by the holds the pad 0 in the recess 6 of the shoe,-

so that the retainer l0 will come against the the same from the shoe also comes upon the ICO shoe the latter can be fitted to the hoof either hot or cold in Well-known manner, because the pad can be removed, and the metal of the shoe can be shaped and fitted to a hoof while hot, as in ordinary horseshoes, and when the 1o shoe is fitted and cold the pad can be applied to the shoe, and then the shoe, with the attached pad, can be'nailed to the hoof, or the pad can be removed, the shoe shaped to fit while cold, thepad then applied, and the I5 complete article next adjusted to Ithe hoof.

2o Having now described my invention, what I claim isl. In ahorseslxoe, the combination of a body having a channel at the inner portion of the loop thereof, with a pad adapted to ftin said z5 channel and provided with a retainer extending over the bod y, substantially as described.

2. In a horseshoe, the combination of a body having a channel facing the inner portion of the loop thereof, with a pad of flexible mate- 3o rial having its ends free adapted to fit in said channel and provided with a retainer of flexible material to extend over the shoe and having its ends free, the pad and retainer being arranged to have the free ends thereof moved toward each other to permit the pad to be inserted Within the loop of the shoe to expand outwardly into said channel, whereby the retainer can extend over the shoe, substantially as described.

3. In ahorseshoe, the combination of a body having a channel extending along the inner portion of the loop thereof, the outer ends of said channel being closed, with a pad of flexible material adapted to be sprung into said channel, said pad having av retainer arranged to extend over the shoe and adapted to be located between the shoe and the hoof when applied to the latter, substantially as described. v

4. In a horseshoe, the combination of abody 5o having a flange extending along the inner portion of the loop, providing a channel opening toward the tread side of the shoe, with a pad of flexible material arranged to llt in said channel and to bear against said flange and a retainer arranged to overlie said flange and .the upper surface of the shoe, the flange vbeing located between the pad and the retainer, substantially as described. l

5. In a horseshoe, the combination of a body 6o having a flange extending along the inner portion of the loop thereof, and a rib projectingtoward the tread providingachannel opening on the tread side and facing the inner portion of the loop of the body, with a pad of flexible material providedwith an outwardly-extending retainer arranged to overlie the upper surface of the shoe, a space being formed between the pad and the retainer to receive said flange, substantially as described. 7c

6. In ahorseshoe, the combination ofa body having a channel on the tread side facing the loop thereof, with a pad of flexible material having a flange and a shoulder providing a space to receive the flange of the body, and a retainer secured to said shoulder and flange of the pad and extending outwardly beyond the same and arranged to overlie the upper surface of the body, substantially as described. 8o

'7. In ahorseshoe, the combination ofa body having a channel opening toward the inner portion of the loop thereof, with a rubber pad arranged to fit in said channel and a leather retainer secured to said pad, extending outwardly beyond the same, and arranged to overlie the upper surface of the body, said body having recesses and apertures located outside of said channel to receive nails, substantially as described.

JOHN REGAN.

Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, SAMUEL F. OLIVER. 

